Photos: Patrick Swayze | 1952-2009

CaptionPatrick Swayze

Warner Bros. / Associated Press

Patrick Swayze is shown with other cast members of the 1983 Warner Bros. film "The Outsiders," directed by Francis Ford Coppola. From left are Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Swayze and Tom Cruise.

After a month in the wilderness Matt (Charlie Sheen), Robert (C. Thomas Howell) and Jed (Patrick Swayze) return to find their hometown neutralized by Russian and Cuban invaders in the 1984 movie "Red Dawn."

After a month in the wilderness Matt (Charlie Sheen), Robert (C. Thomas Howell) and Jed (Patrick Swayze) return to find their hometown neutralized by Russian and Cuban invaders in the 1984 movie "Red Dawn." (MGM / UA)